Randy Halasan is a Flilipino teacher who received the

Ramon Magsaysay Award The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealis ...

in 2014. According to the citation, Halasan received the award for nurturing his Matigsalug students and their community, respecting their uniqueness, and preserving their integrity as

indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

in a modernizing Philippines.

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1982 births Living people Ramon Magsaysay Award winners People from Davao City Filipino educators {{Philippines-bio-stub